
Light is not everything, but sometimes it can be something
I’ve often stated that light isn’t everything when making an image, but sometimes, as in this image, light can enhance the image

Early starts are paramount for photographing wildlife
High risk, high reward. It is better to work with an animal in marginal light doing something than work with an animal in plenty of light doing nothing (my proverb)

The hunt is on
With most other predators when you see a posture like this you know the game is on and its serious- with lions, most of the time this is just a “lets give it a shot”

Capturing the essence of a wild dog in an image
An image has to convey a message or information about the subject- it has to say more without using words.

Iconic Okavango delta image of lion in water
The Okavango delta is a land of contrasts, its winter, its dry, its cool but the flood water is slowly trickling in and our lions are having to swim- great news for photography

Wild dogs at Chitabe in the Okavango Delta
3 pregnant female wild dogs this year- we hoping for a bumper crop of pups.

Cheetah, Supermom and her cubs
Cheetah and cubs on a termite mound before sunrise at Chitabe camp in the Okavango delta of Botswana

Elephant mom protecting her calf from lions
Female elephants are formidable protectors and this was tested to the limit when the pride of lions became very interested in her calf